Windows 7 or 8?

[Kaapstad]

Yeah it's the sole reason I don't go with a PCI-E SSD as I like fast boot times, My brother got himself a 2TB Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe and it does nearly 2TB/s in writes and 2TB/s in reads which is insane but I'm still not tempted to be honest.

I might get a PCI-E SSD for just my games when prices come down to sane numbers, It's not that I'm tight with my money but I refuse to pay a premium just because manufacturers can charge it when in actual fact they could charge 50% less and still make a tidy profit ^_^

Forget the PCI-E SSD for games you won't notice the difference compared to an ordinary SSD.

I am that unimpressed with PCI-E SSDs that I even gave away an old X58 PC which had a RevoDrive in it, one of the guys at work needed a PC for his son to game on.

 

[Dawelio]

Question regarding OS and SSD's then, sinve you boys clearly are all up in the SSD area now lol

For the mATX system, ASUS SABERTOOTH Gryphon, will a Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB be any better, perfomance wise (boot up, restart and loading games, photohop etc times) compared to any of Corsairs SSDs?...
Like for example, I have an old Force Series 3 180GB, that I think is better/faster than my Samsung one. Hence why I wanna go with Corsair for my main rig.

 

[Dicehunter]

Forget the PCI-E SSD for games you won't notice the difference compared to an ordinary SSD.

I am that unimpressed with PCI-E SSDs that I even gave away an old X58 PC which had a RevoDrive in it, one of the guys at work needed a PC for his son to game on.

I wish Corsair would come out with a 1TB Neutron GTX as I would buy it in a heart beat, Companies need to stop with the "Oh it costs too much to have high capacity SSD's" Load of BS, My brother use to work for Apple and the stories he told me about the hardware sections of the company really opened my eyes to the PC industry as a whole.

Question regarding OS and SSD's then, sinve you boys clearly are all up in the SSD area now lol

For the mATX system, ASUS SABERTOOTH Gryphon, will a Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB be any better, perfomance wise (boot up, restart and loading games, photohop etc times) compared to any of Corsairs SSDs?...
Like for example, I have an old Force Series 3 180GB, that I think is better/faster than my Samsung one. Hence why I wanna go with Corsair for my main rig.

The Neutron GTX is among the best of the bunch so if you want the best Corsair has to offer then yes stick in the Neutron but in all honesty I'm still running a Force GT 120GB for my home servers OS and between the 2 apart from benchmarks I don't notice any difference in boot times etc...

 

[Dawelio]

The Neutron GTX is among the best of the bunch so if you want the best Corsair has to offer then yes stick in the Neutron but in all honesty I'm still running a Force GT 120GB for my home servers OS and between the 2 apart from benchmarks I don't notice any difference in boot times etc...

Well I just want to get "the best bang for the buck", so to speak.
I mean, in all honesty, I don't really know what they all have in common or not etc, all I just looked at were the read and write speeds and the IOPS, nothing else.

So which one would you recommend me?... as Neutron might be the "best of the best of Corsair", but if we would talk the "elite of the elite" or just "the elite for the buck", which one would you say then?...

Thanks

 

[NeverBackDown]

Just make sure to get the update to 8.1 then get the 8.1 update.

 

[MacLeod]

The only difference at first boot is that you see the metro start screen which can be avoided with a simple app which can be had for free as there are a few variants.

Apart from that W7+8.1 are identical, It makes no sense to go with an older operating system that will have no more performance updates come this january if you're doing a new OS install anyway.

To me it makes no sense to "upgrade" to a newer OS that I'll have to use a bunch of apps on in order to make it look and work like Win7 which pretty much everyone prefers. Microsoft will still offer extended support for Win7 which is security patches, performance fixes, patches and such. It's just ending it's mainstream support which is service packs and new features. I'm totally fine with that til Win10 gets here.

 

[barnsley]

To me it makes no sense to "upgrade" to a newer OS that I'll have to use a bunch of apps on in order to make it look and work like Win7 which pretty much everyone prefers.

You just need one app.





I've grown very tired of Windows 7 and I'm quite happy to have an OS that both runs buttery smooth and takes 8 seconds to boot.

 

[Dawelio]

Just make sure to get the update to 8.1 then get the 8.1 update.

What? :huh:... so I shall make sure to get the update to 8.1 and then get the 8.1 update?... it's the same thing? :huh:

 

[MacLeod]

You just need one app.

I've grown very tired of Windows 7 and I'm quite happy to have an OS that both runs buttery smooth and takes 8 seconds to boot.

One more app than I need with Windows 7.

Youre right about one thing though, that ass haulin' boot. Takes about 15 seconds for my Win7 rig to boot up from power off. My Win8 laptop pops up in around 5 or 6. That is awful nice.

Different strokes and all that. I dont knock anybody that wants Win8 but it just aint for me.

 

[Kaapstad]

To me it makes no sense to "upgrade" to a newer OS that I'll have to use a bunch of apps on in order to make it look and work like Win7 which pretty much everyone prefers. Microsoft will still offer extended support for Win7 which is security patches, performance fixes, patches and such. It's just ending it's mainstream support which is service packs and new features. I'm totally fine with that til Win10 gets here.

One more app than I need with Windows 7.

Youre right about one thing though, that ass haulin' boot. Takes about 15 seconds for my Win7 rig to boot up from power off. My Win8 laptop pops up in around 5 or 6. That is awful nice.

Different strokes and all that. I dont knock anybody that wants Win8 but it just aint for me.

It is all about performance.

Win8.1 runs stuff faster than Win7 most of the time.

 

[MacLeod]

Not that I can tell. Maybe you can see it in benchmarks but I've got a PC with 7 and one with 8 and I notice no difference in real world performance aside from the nice fast boot.

 

[Doomslayer]

Not that I can tell. Maybe you can see it in benchmarks but I've got a PC with 7 and one with 8 and I notice no difference in real world performance aside from the nice fast boot.

I agree with that, its the same in my case 1 system with win 7 & 1 with win 8.1 and i can't tell the difference either.

 

[Dicehunter]

To me it makes no sense to "upgrade" to a newer OS that I'll have to use a bunch of apps on in order to make it look and work like Win7 which pretty much everyone prefers. Microsoft will still offer extended support for Win7 which is security patches, performance fixes, patches and such. It's just ending it's mainstream support which is service packs and new features. I'm totally fine with that til Win10 gets here.

This is your point of view and your taste in OS, It's ultimately up to the OP if he/she likes Windows 8.1.

And it's not a bunch of apps, It's 1 app that takes up the amazingly huge amount of space of 1MB

And Microsoft already announced the only thing they will keep up to date is security, Not performance, I believe Microsoft stated that in their last conference but it came from the mouth of a company so we'll see.

 

[BigDaddyKong]

To me it makes no sense to "upgrade" to a newer OS that I'll have to use a bunch of apps on in order to make it look and work like Win7 which pretty much everyone prefers.

Umm, you are the sole person to vote for Win 7, but everyone perfers it :eek5:

 

[NeverBackDown]

I'd stay for W7. Used 8.1 and the UI isn't great. Don't care for the startisback crap. It shouldn't need it in the first place. If they kept this UI design at least make it useable.

 

[Dawelio]

I see there's quite a mixed feelings and thoughts here regarding Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, quite interesting to read what you all write and your thoughts on this matter.
Atleast from a newbies eyes, to hear what more experts think

The way I see it now, and I may be wrong here, so correct me if so... but I have one copy of 8 which can be upgraded free to 8.1 and a copy of 7. Both are old disk versions, where you install the OS from a optical drive.

I'd really like to get 8.1 for both as for security reasons and I'm not the very best when it comes to protecting your PC, but still learning (lol, I know)... but then again, I ain't so much sure if I'd like to spend about £80 for a OS, on a PC that will mainly be connected to my TV.

So not really sure here :huh:...

 

[NeverBackDown]

I see there's quite a mixed feelings and thoughts here regarding Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, quite interesting to read what you all write and your thoughts on this matter.
Atleast from a newbies eyes, to hear what more experts think

The way I see it now, and I may be wrong here, so correct me if so... but I have one copy of 8 which can be upgraded free to 8.1 and a copy of 7. Both are old disk versions, where you install the OS from a optical drive.

I'd really like to get 8.1 for both as for security reasons and I'm not the very best when it comes to protecting your PC, but still learning (lol, I know)... but then again, I ain't so much sure if I'd like to spend about £80 for a OS, on a PC that will mainly be connected to my TV.

So not really sure here :huh:...

Well you can always try 8 and then update to 8.1 then update to 8.1's update(seperate update). Don't install much and just use it and get a feel for it. If you don't like it then just install windows 7.

 

[Dicehunter]

The only reason I upgraded to Windows 8.1 is because quite a few games feel a lot smoother *due to having better frame times compared to previous operating systems* which is one of the main selling points for me when it comes to an OS

 

[NeverBackDown]

The only reason I upgraded to Windows 8.1 is because quite a few games feel a lot smoother *due to having better frame times compared to previous operating systems* which is one of the main selling points for me when it comes to an OS

Proof?

 

[Dicehunter]

Proof?

You seriously think I would lie about software ? -_-

Google it, You have the internet.

I believe it was pc perspective who did the test as I watched it on one of their shows.